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This gay high schooler had the most clever yearbook quote. It went viral.

Remember your senior yearbook quote?

I remember mine. Like you( probably ), I spent weeks wracking my very teenage brain about something special and clever to put down.

And then I had it: My school’s quote had to do with what students’ future schemes were and, guessing myself especially smart and charming, I’d written, “Mark plans to outwit cartoon animals.” Not that great, right?

But it get even worse. Because my handwriting was so bad, the person in charge couldn’t read what the heck I’d written. And so I expended the next two weeks trying to explain to anyone who’d listen that “Mark plans to go out with cartoon animals” was an embarrassing typo that did not at all speak to my social interests.

I hesitate to use the word “internet icon” more than once or twice a month — they come and go so fast! — but if anyone deserves the title, it’s Krysta Montoya, an 18 -year-old from New Mexico who ran all in on her quote. I promise you, it is very good.

Here’s the quote, which comes from one of Krysta’s favorite proves :

Image via Krysta Montoya, used in conjunction with permission.

If you’re not familiar with “Grey’s Anatomy, ” it’s that show about the hospital you probably shouldn’t go to because everyone’s too busy fighting and staring at one another sexily to actually save lives.( Sorry, but it’s true .)

And because it’s so rife with drama, this heavily coded message could be about any number of truly fantastic events that have happened in the show’s many seasons.

Does it refer to the time that Christina Ricci unexpectedly depicted up as a guest superstar? Or the time there was a ghost haunting the hospital? Or the time — OK, I might be remembering this incorrectly — someone actually stole a heart so she could keep the man she loved alive?

This quote is about so much more than that. And it’s actually a beautiful message of self-love and adoption.

No, you don’t need to go through the entire series for the answer( could be fun, though ). After people started asking, Montoya uncovered on Twitter what the line actually entailed.

And here’s what I mean about it being iconic: It’s meaningful, but it’s also sassy AF, which is what the kids are saying these days, I think.

The scene is one in which character Erica Hahn realizes she’s a lesbian. But Montoya wasn’t using the quote to come out — or, as “Queer Eye” culture expert Karamo Brown would say, “let people in.” Montoya, which are normally posts tweets of herself and her girlfriend, has been open about her sexuality since her freshman year.

But an opportunity to reaffirm herself utilizing her favorite show? She wasn’t going to let that pass by.

“I choice this as my quote because I feel some people do not accept who I am. I just wanted to basically make a bold statement, ” she told Business Insider. “I’ve lost some friends over my sexuality, but my family has always supported me.”

The response to the quote has been overwhelming. And Montoya’s using the opportunity to spread the word about living your best life.

Overall, Montoya is surprised by the reaction she’s gotten. She says that she chose to code her message so school officials wouldn’t cut it from the yearbook, but she didn’t actually expect anyone else to care. “A lot of friends I don’t talk to came out and “ve been told that” cool and awesome it was! ” Montoya tells Upworthy.

As for her peers who may not be so accepting? Montoya isn’t bothered. Though she told BuzzFeed that her statement was bold in that it hurled subtle shade at those who have never accepted her sexuality — some, she’d told, told her she’d be dating a guy by senior year — she believes that one can’t live and die by the acceptance of others.

And she’s got a message for others who might be struggling with their own identities or figuring out how to be themselves: “Live your life, be happy, ” she tells. “You are not living in this world to make anyone else happy but yourself. You deserve to be you, and you deserve to be the happy version of you.”